Construction and Validation of Cultural Education Questionnaire Based On the Views of Imam Khomeini and the Supreme Leader Imam Khamenei

The main purpose of this research is to construct and validation of cultural education questionnaire from the perspective of Imam Khomeini and Supreme Leader Khamenei.

The research method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative) method. The statistical population in the qualitative section includes 11 specialist &all available resources and documents (first hand and second hand), which have focused on the topic of cultural education, especially based on the Ideas of Imam Khomeini and Supreme Leader. The statistical population in the quantitative section includes all undergraduate students at Bu-Ali University, whose total number was 7478 persons, with a total of 4711 women and 2767 men. The sampling method was performed in a quantitative section using a multi-stage cluster-ratio stratified method. The sample size based on the maximum volume in the Krejcie-Morgan table and the requirement for using large samples in the standardization studies were 576 undergraduate students (362 women and 214 men). The sampling method in the qualitative section was criteria based method. The data collection method used in the qualitative section was checklist of the experts' point of view. Measurement tool in quantitative part was researcher-made cultural education questionnaire from Imam Khomeini's and Supreme Leader's point of view. And for analyzing data in the qualitative section used selective, central and open coding, for analyzing quantitative data were used descriptive statistics indices, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.  

Research findings conform the validity of cultural education questionnaire with following  five components including: science-centeredness, intellectual autonomy, national solipsism, cultural justice and critical thinking

The development of cultural education questionnaire is a necessity because the cultural education play important role in making Islamic civilization and through cultural education that it is in turn dependent to continuous planning we can create effective cultural transformation.